The player Kraft once signed to a $40 million contract is behind bars charged with murder in the deaths of three men in two separate incidents..

Prosecutors say Hernandez killed Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado over a spilled drink in July 2012.

Five weeks later, he inked a contract extension with the Patriots. That suggests he played a full season with the team after allegedly committing two murders.On Thursday, Kraft was asked about that startling timeline.

"A year ago, when he was arrested, we cut him from the team. I made a statement. I was very clear about it. You can go back and see what I said then, and that's the way I feel and I continue to feel," Kraft said.

Last June, Kraft told the Globe he felt "duped" by Hernandez adding no one in the Patriots organization was aware of any of the allegations.